Paper-hanger&#39;s implement.



A. BOHM.

PAPER HANGBB'S IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1912.

1,051,544, Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

TTNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW BOHM, or ivronnisrown, NEW JERSEY.

PAPER-HANGERS IMPLEMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW BOHM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Morristown, in the countyof Morris and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper HangersImplements, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in implements employed by paperhangers for supporting wall paper while being applied to a wall, and hasfor one of its objects to simplify and improve the construction andincrease the efficiency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide an implement whereby thepaper may be supported and applied to the wall close to the ceiling orat the juncture of the walls and ceiling, and labor and time therebysaved and danger of injuries or mutilation of the paper therebyprevented.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described, andthen specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is aperspective view of the improved implement applied; Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the same.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved implement comprises coacting jaw members 1011 engaging atone edge as shown at 12, and hingedly united at their other edges, asshown at 13. Two of the hinges are shown, but it will be understood thatany required number may be employed. The jaws 10-11 may be of anyrequired length, but will preferably correspend in length to the widthof ordinary wall paper, or about 18 inches, but the dimensions may bevaried as required.

The jaws are preferably formed triangular in transverse section andhinged together at their thicker edges with the hinges so arranged thatthe rear or thicker edges of the jaws are spaced slightly apart toinsure the firm grip of the narrow and thinner edges. A handle 14 isconnected to the jaw 10 and extends rearwardly of the same and arrangedat an angle to the operative face Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 21, 1912.

Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

Serial No. 688,863.

of the jaw, as shown in Fig. 2, the object to be hereafter described.The handle 1& is provided with. a longitudinal recess 15 next to. thejaw member 10, while the jaw 11 is provided with a rearwardly directedprojection 16 which is relatively thin at its rear end and adapted toenter the recess 15 when depressed. A spring 17 is seated at one end ina socket 18 in the projection 16, and correspondingly seated at itsother end in a socket 19 in the bottom of the recess 15. The spring 17thus exerts its force to maintain the projection 18 in its outerposition and the engaging portions 12 of the jaws yieldably in contact.The spring thus operates to hold the article which is to be supportedbetween the jaws. The spring will be of sufficient strength to hold astrip of wall paper when the latter indicated at 20, is inserted betweenthe jaws, and prevent its displacement until the member 16 is manuallyreleased by compression applied to its outer free end.

[In operating the device the handle 14 is grasped, preferably by theright hand of the operator with the thumb upon the rear end of theprojection 16, and when the latter is compressed the jaws will be openedto receive the end of a strip of wall paper which has been previouslypasted. The projectio-n 18 is then released when the spring 17 willimmediately close the jaws and hold the paper with sufficient strengthto enable it to be elevated and placed against the wall where it is tobe applied. The operator is thus enabled to hold the wall paper inposition while pressing the latter against the wall and rubbing it downwith the roller, brush, or other implement to cause it to adhere to thewall. By this simple means no danger exists of tearing the paper, ordisfiguring the pattern by contact with the hands. The paper is grippedfor its full width, consequently the strain is distributed over arelatively large area so that no danger exists of fracturing the paperwhich has been weakened by the application of the paste.

It will be noted that the handle members 14 and 16 merge into thewedge-shaped body portions 10--11 so that the thin edges may be elevatedto apply the paper to the wall close up to the ceiling or to the ceilingclose to the wall, thus enabling the most fragile paper to be supportedand applied 1 without danger of fracture. This is an important featureof applicants device and materially increases its efiiciency andutility.

The improved device is simple in construction, and can be inexpensivelyconstructed of wood or metal.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

An implement of the class described comprising coacting jaws hingedlyunited and spaced apart at their rear edges, a handle extendinglaterally from one of said jaws and extending at an angle to its bearingface and provided with a recess in its upper face and a socket in thebottom of the recess a projection extending laterally from the other jawand engaging in said handle recess when compressed, said projectionhaving a socket in its lower face, and a spring engaging respectively insaid sockets and operating to maintain said jaws yieldably in closedposition.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence .of two witnesses.

ANDREW BOHM. [1,. s] WVitnesses:

" CHRISTIAN THOMPSON,

JOHN HELSTROM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

